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Be Quiet! Announces Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition

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Be Quiet!, the market leader in PC power supplies in Germany for eleven consecutive years, announces a white edition of its highly acclaimed Dark Base Pro 900 premium PC case. Limited to 2,000 pieces, Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition is the perfect choice for demanding enthusiasts wanting to exceptionally enhance the look of their next PC build.

As the name suggests, Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition is coated in striking white color. be quiet!'s designers focused on matching the white tones of different surface materials to achieve the case's aesthetically pleasing and consistent look. To meet the new color theme, the side panel window's tint was changed from soft brown to a light grey. Each Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition is one of a kind and comes with a numbered aluminum badge, reflecting its limited availability worldwide and making it highly sought-after amongst PC enthusiasts.



Unbeatable flexibility thanks to maximum modularity
Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition leaves nothing to be desired regarding possible system configurations due to its modular design, enabling numerous possibilities for optimal component placement. The removable motherboard tray can be installed in six different positions and accommodates all types of motherboard form factors, up to E-ATX or XL-ATX - all while fitting needed hardware components and accommodating cooling configurations perfectly without issue. Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition offers unbeatable flexibility and compatibility, providing a perfect enclosure for enthusiast-level configurations, water cooling and overclocking builds, whisper-silent systems and higher-end workstations. For storage components, Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition offers sufficient mounting space, making it possible to install up to 15 solid state drives, seven HDDs, and two optical drives.

Efficient cooling ensures extremely quiet operation
Three pre-installed SilentWings 3 140mm PWM fans make up another highlight of be quiet!'s flagship case and contribute to its sophisticated cooling concept and perfect airflow. With a unique rotor blade design, rubberized frame and funnel-shaped air intakes, these fans work silently and efficiently. At the same time, the 6-pole fluid dynamic bearing-based (FDB) motor reduces power consumption and vibration. Dark Base Pro 900's comprehensive airflow design is complemented by L-shaped vents in the case, leading to noise reduction and reinforced with insulating foam mats at the front, top and side along with specific decoupling mechanisms for key components. As an added bonus, the case includes a stepless fan controller, supporting four standard or PWM fans. Ample space is also provided in the interior, making the chassis suitable for powerful water cooling solutions using multiple radiators.

Showpiece of German engineering
Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition is a technical masterpiece, and stands out due to its high-quality materials and design. Smooth aluminum surfaces and a robust steel construction lead to extraordinary elegance and stability. Additionally, be quiet!'s high-end premium chassis is equipped with a decoupled side window made of tempered tinted glass, includes easily positioned LED strips to illuminate the interior in five different colors, and an inductive charging station for wireless charging of smartphones and other Qi-compatible devices.

Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition is available for preorder in Europe immediately at a recommended price of €269 / £259 with delivery expected to start September 26th 2017. In the United States of America, sale of the Dark Base Pro 900 White Edition will commence September 19th 2017 at a suggested price of $259.

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This is a very big case, I have the Black/Orange version. I like it very much and you can invert the MB. I would buy another if I was in the market, maybe even this white version.
 
Is this all aluminum? For $260, it better be.
 
No it is not, this isn't LianLi. Plus it has a few features not found on other cases in this price range.
 
The one con about this case design deterred a buying opportunity from me. No PSU shroud cover of any sort? I understand its a more traditional base full tower design but still, 260$ and no PSU shroud and or panel to hide the spewing of power cables?
 
@drade that is my biggest complaint too and I actually own this case. It would have been easy to provide even a partial shroud. But since it is not there, that just meant I had to be neater in the cable management that can be seen coming from the power supply.
 
I like it overall, but....

No C no buy.... :(
 
A humongous abomination, and most will stick one card in it... I said it once and I'll say it again, there are 0 reasons to use anything but ITX, if you're going to use just one GPU (and considering SLI is dead, and so is CF) - buying ATX is a waste of resources, plain and simple.
 
Multiple drive trays.:D
 
A humongous abomination, and most will stick one card in it... I said it once and I'll say it again, there are 0 reasons to use anything but ITX, if you're going to use just one GPU (and considering SLI is dead, and so is CF) - buying ATX is a waste of resources, plain and simple.
Why don't you just tell us how you really feel! :D
 
Nice case but they could have left out the lowest two drive trays and put in a full length psu shroud instead.
 
Nice case but they could have left out the lowest two drive trays and put in a full length psu shroud instead.

Yes, the drive trays would the very first things I would remove, since I have all m.2's now and 1 sdd on the backside... which would open up bookoo airflow and/or wc possibilities....
 
I left the upper two external bays in place and have two 280 mm radiators installed, watercooling a Ryzen and GTX 1080Ti and that is way more radiator than necessary, with normal daily workloads I rarely see water temps rise more than 5°C. If all I cared about was benchmarks then it would be a higher rise or I would run the fans at 100%, Even at 100% fans (5 ML140's) It is just audible. The fan profile ranges from 30% to 60% depending on water temp It rarely strays about 40-45%. There is plenty of airflow and plenty of room for watercooling. Plus I can charge my Samsung S8 by just laying it on top of the case.
 
As for the case, quite nice. I'd have to give in a little... maybe... Trident Z RGB. Just a hit.
 
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No it is not, this isn't LianLi. Plus it has a few features not found on other cases in this price range.

This one is a bit over-engineered if you ask me. Especially on the motherboard rotation part and raising and lowering the motherboard height placement. I mean, sure, some probably look for that feature, but large majority doesn't really. And it just adds unnecessary cost to otherwise excellent case, making it too expensive for people who don't need that stuff. It could be a lot cheaper while still beating 3/4 of competition with better design for everything else.
 
nice but out of my range
 
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